Skegness Log: 20-04-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 98.5 0342 FIN YLE Radio Suomi Etelä-Karjalan Radio, Joutseno (ek) 6C03 YLEEKARJ  1899km **
100.7 0552  S  SR P4, Karlskrona/Vämö-Bryggareberget TM (bl) E524  1036km **
100.7 0556 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Timisoara/Urseni (TM) EE01 CU__UR__  1715km
102.5 0556 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Resita/Semenic (CS) EE00 RRACTUAL  1801km
103.3 0613  S  SR P4, Stockholm/Nacka TM (st) EC24 SR__4___  1292km
103.7 0633 POL PR Radio Gdansk, Gdansk/Chwaszczyno (PM) 309C SMS_603_ OSS_ZEZ_ INNYCH__   1195km
104.1 0633  D  delta radio, Bungsberg/DTAG-Turm (shs) D3E9  694km
105.0 0633 POL Radio ZET, Gdansk/Chwaszczyno (PM) 5205 RadioZET  1195km
105.5 0633 POL PR 1, Suwalki/G.Krzemianucha (PL) 3211 __DY____  1483km
106.8 0633 POL PR 4, Slupsk/Komin EC (PM) Pops, as 107.5  1102km **
107.5 0633 POL PR 4, Lebork or Wroclaw 3223 ____ng__ **
103.1 0653 POL PR Radio Koszalin, Koszalin/Gologóra (ZP) 346E  1085km

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 88.0 2021  F  Radio Classique, Calais/246, rue Mollien (62) Piano music, as web  266km
 88.2 2022  F  Radio Classique, Lille/La Pilaterie (59) Piano concerto, as 88.0  337km
 87.9 2024  F  Virgin Radio, Montreuil/le Bois-de-Sel (62) YL phone caller, as web  302km
100.4 2026  F  Radio 6, Calais/Résidence des Pélicans (62) Pops, as web  267km
100.6 2027  F  France Bleu Picardie, Abbeville/Limeux (80) YL phone caller, as web  364km
 91.1 2047  F  Skyrock, Dunkerque/Tour Emery (59) Phone in, as web  274km
 92.0 2049  F  Radio 6, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont d'Herquelingue (62) Jingle ID  288km
 92.2 2050  F  Fun Radio, Dunkerque/le Banc Vert (59) Phone in, as web  275km
 92.7 2051  F  Skyrock, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Fringhem (62) Skyrock ID in OM and YL chat. Almost 
               RDS level  289km
 91.5 2052  F  Virgin Radio, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont Lambert (62) Phone in, as web  285km
 91.8 2107  F  Radio Uylenspiegel, Hazebrouck/Kasteel Yvonne (59) French punk rock, as web  300km
 96.5 2109  F  Skyrock, Saint-Omer/Asdoit (62) Phone in, as 106.9  295km
 93.8 2111  F  Contact, Saint-Omer/Tatinghem (62) Bangin toonz, as web  297km
 94.2 2111  F  Europe 1, Saint-Omer/Wisques (62) YL political talk, as web  299km
 92.8 2115  F  NRJ, Béthune/Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen (62) Lively discussion, as web  340km
 89.2 2154  F  RTL 2, Lille/Fort de Mons-en-Barœul (59) Slow pops, as web  339km
 91.2 2155  F  Contact, Abbeville/Behen Blockhaus (80) Bangin techno, as web  358km
107.1 2216  F  Rire et Chansons, Abbeville/Huchenneville (80) French chansons, as web  359km
106.7 2217  F  Fun Radio, Hesdin/le Quesnoy-en-Artois (62) Pops and ID  334km
 87.7 2219  F  RTL, Saint-Omer/Wisques (62) Oldies and OM presenter, as web  299km
 87.8 2221  F  France Bleu Nord, Lille/Wattignies (59) Patrick Swayze song, as web  335km
100.8 2223  F  Contact, Lens or Valenciennes French rap, as web  
 99.0 2226  F  Radio 6, Dunkerque/Saint-Pol-sur-Mer (59) Pops and ID  273km
 97.2 2228  F  RFM, Saint-Omer/Wisques (62) Bryan Adams, as web  299km
 93.3 2229  F  Rire et Chansons, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont Lambert (62) French comedy, as web  285km
 91.4 2231  F  Contact, Lille/Mons-en-Barœul 2 (59) Dance music, as web  338km
 89.9 2233  F  RFM, Douai/LAM (59) French pops, as 97.2  363km
 89.6 2236  F  RDL, Saint-Omer/Racquinghem (62) Back to back music, as web  306km
 87.6 2242  F  RTL, Béthune-Lens/Bouvigny-Boyeffles (62) Nostalgia (programme) ID, as 87.7  343km
 88.0 2242  F  Horizon, Béthune-Lens/Bouvigny-Boyeffles CV11 (62) UB40 song, as web  344km
102.5 2244  F  RFM, Calais/Mont d'Hubert (62) Eurythmics, as 97.2  266km
102.3 2245  F  NRJ, Saint-Omer/Wisques (62) Phone in, as web  299km
101.7 2246  F  Banquise FM, Isbergues/château d'eau (62) Techno music, as web  318km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
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Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.

Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.